https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/f6d27a9ee546cab6149d0744bdd68180.png 1593bd94abadce4f02fb55f71ebc9930 https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/dd0578db587ed4648f75dfd89dcbd54b.png 914a602d62d9ee2bb6aa17602dfe42d9 https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/45b673bec282b3b7d7acd17290a576d5.png c4fc142376afa539d5c8f7cefb889d64 ADELTA Item Items included in the Australian Directory of Electronic Literature and Text-based Art (ADELTA). Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://www.subtle.net/aland/">http://www.subtle.net/aland/</a> Source of Description The source of information included in the Description, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. Artist's notes Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). a.land is a journey thru fragments of memory - internal and external landscapes that are common to us all. Inspired by ferry trips on the Baltic Sea, it is a glimpse of life from our cabin aboard a cruise ship on the seas of the www. a.land offers gentle views through differing portholes of perception on love, longing, space, and time. aland's cyclic, poetic and immersive narrative maps both our internal and external environments via fragments of literature, 19th century paintings and partially recalled events. the purpose of a.land is to identify and reflect upon the physcological, geographical and virtual stratas which both visibly and invisibly connect us - where ever we happen to be physically located. Genre Web based interactive multimedia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Rackham_aLand Title A name given to the resource A.Land Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rackham, Melinda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999 Description An account of the resource A.Land is an online DHTML project in which users move through fragments of texts and images: both original and borrowed from sources as diverse as Heraclitus to Katherine Hayles presented via 'portholes of perception'. These portholes were inspired from Rackham's journeys on Baltic ferries, in which seemingly limited views can generate multiple material and immaterial 'worlds'. The work assembles a poetic hypertext narrative via user selecting java coded sequences which recur throughout the virtual worlds of the work.<br /><span>Description from Artist's notes</span> <strong>Artist Statement<br /></strong>A.Land is a journey thru fragments of memory - internal and external landscapes that are common to us all. Inspired by ferry trips on the Baltic Sea, it is a glimpse of life from our cabin aboard a cruise ship on the seas of the www.<br />A.Land offers gentle views through differing portholes of perception on love, longing, space, and time. aland's cyclic, poetic and immersive narrative maps both our internal and external environments via fragments of literature, 19th century paintings and partially recalled events. the purpose of a.land is to identify and reflect upon the physcological, geographical and virtual stratas which both visibly and invisibly connect us - where ever we happen to be physically located. Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Melinda Rackham. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder. Digital poetry Melinda Rackham